#49ADD9#49ADD9

#49ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADD9
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -15.48, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 34.46, 243.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0716 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.112 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2106, 36.3101, 71.0486)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADD9 #D97549

analogous

#49D9BD #49ADD9 #4965D9

triadic

#49ADD9 #D949AD #ADD949

tetradic

#49ADD9 #BD49D9 #D97549 #65D949

square

#49ADD9 #BD49D9 #D97549 #65D949

split-complementary

#49ADD9 #D94965 #D9BD49

monochromatic

#1D698B #2890BD #49ADD9 #7CC4E4 #AEDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#49ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADD9

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADD9	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e5',
    500: '#49add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49add9;
$custom-light: #8bc5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70683,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADD9

secondary

#DCB3A2

accent

#733FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADD9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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